Recipes by Janis Tester (Page 5)
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My new favorite dish. Really.My new favorite dish. Really.That is my Keffir lime tree. I take good care of it because I know that there is no way in hell that I am going to find the leaves around here to cook with. So, I grow my own.This is said leaf in the window. I never get pictures with natural light since my kitchen has no windows. So, I had to pose this… |
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An epic journey making shortribs...or I will take the chicken pleaseAn epic journey making shortribs...or I will take the chicken pleaseYes! That is the tabouli that I made last week. One of my favorite things in the whole world. Ya know, some tomato, some cucumber, and some parsley and some mint. Add that to Bulgur… |
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A recipe for the halibut...A recipe for the halibut...My grandfather was a fisherman. I grew up eating lots of fish. I remember huge fish on the front lawn of my grandparents house. I remember fish in their kitchen sink. I remember eating fish fish fish. I still love it. My grandfather shared a boat named the Joyce Ann. That is my sisters name. All the guys… |
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Does this corn pudding make me look old?Does this corn pudding make me look old?I have to say that I have been cooking up a storm. Really! I cook dinner every night and most weekend nights. Cooking is my zen moment. It is where my brain turns off and the music plays and a glass of wine is drank...drunk...drinked? I just have not felt like writing about it all. This isn't a… |
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A lamb and a beet walk into a bar...A lamb and a beet walk into a bar...What? Why did I say that? Well lets start with something else first. While Dr. Food was away again in San Diego I made this stuffed potato. It is from Gimme Some Oven I had to make it. Looked right up my alley.Easy. Bake a potato. Scoop out potato. Blob a little butter in there.Eat the damn potato… |
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Cauliflower is the new Kale!Cauliflower is the new Kale!Hi. I don't feel like blogging but since I have an over developed sense of ... of... I don't know. Since I have this neurotic personality I felt like I HAD to. Like if I don't blog my 5 readers (waving to Julie my oldest friend that waits for me to post because she loves me and has known me most my life)… |
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BonChon and my revengeBonChon and my revengeDr. Food is in trouble. He has been gone 3 out of the 4 weeks in the last month. So, I will get my revenge. Dr. Food (hence forward referred to as "Dr. Poophead") has been in India and China and now California. I did get to see him for two days. Then Sunday he was off again.I remember when we travelled together.… |
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Leftovers or just stuffLeftovers or just stuffSometimes I don't feel like blogging. Really. I don't feel like taking pictures while I am cooking or cooking something new so I have new fodder for this blog. It isn't my style. What IS my style is a mish mash of thoughts flitting through my head and snapshots of the weekend that ramble rather than lead… |
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Vegan Brown Rice Bowl...Yes you heard ME rightVegan Brown Rice Bowl...Yes you heard ME rightWhere do I start. Ok, I will start with Saturday. Saturday was a lets just slop around the house day. What should we cook day. We decided that we would make some Chawanmushi. No, that wasn't a sneeze. Chawanmushi is a Japanese savory custard with shrimp, chicken and a surprise in it. It is… |
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A Cheesecake Cookie from my pastA Cheesecake Cookie from my pastWhen I saw that Abby Dodge's #Baketogether was cheesecake I flashed on a recipe and a story from my past. Eon's ago in another life, I had a sister-in-law that was a chef. She could make something out of nothing. She awed me with the way that she grew all her own food. She created things that my kids… |
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